Wagon-seat riser



(No Model.)

J. HANDY & W. D. SHERMAN.

WAGON SEAT RISER.

No. 434,183. Patented Aug; 12, 1890.

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V6 Jul/e221) UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

JONATHAN HANDY AND WVILLIAM D. SHERMAN, OF NEXV BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WAGON-SEAT RISER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,183, dated August 12, 1890.

A Application filed May 2, 1890. Serial No- 350,351. (No model.)

To all whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that we, JONATHAN HANDY and WILLIAM D. SHERMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WVagon-Seat Risers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to wagon-seats, and particularly to that part which is commonly called the riser, and its object is to produce a seat-riser by means of which the seat may be securely clamped to the wagon-box.

Heretofore wagon-seat risers have been con-. structed with feet to rest and slide on the edge of the wagon-box, or the risers have been provided with a pin to enter holes in the edge of the wagon-box. Both of these forms are obj ection able, for thereason that a sudden jolt is liable to throw the seat from its position, or a sudden start of the team is liable to throw the rear seat and its occupants over backward to the ground.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention, in which Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of our improved seat-riser; and Fig. 2 represents a view in cross-section of the same, showing the construction and operation of the clamping device.

Similar letters refer to si inilar parts throughout the several views.

a a represent the feet of the riser, which rest on and embrace the top edge of the wagonbox. One of the legs of the riser is composed of two parts I) and h. The part b is pivoted to the part It at c. A bolt e passes through the parts I) and h, and is provided with the handnut cl, and the riser is clamped to the edge of the wagon-box by drawing the parts I) and h together by means of the bolt 6 and hand-nut d. The inside surface of the clamping-foot is preferably corrugated, as at g, in order to take a firmer hold on the edge of the wagon-box. It is designed that the riser on each end of the wagon-seat shall be provided with a clamping-foot.

Having thus described our in vention,what

we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A wagon-seat riser composed of cast metal, adapted to be secured to theseat by bolts or screws, and having three feet adapted to rest on and embrace the edge of the wagon-box, and having the middle foot composed of the part It, having the part b pivoted thereto, and provided with the bolt 6 and hand-nut (Z,whereby the corrugated projections g are caused to clamp the edge of the wagon-box and hold the seat firmly in position,as shown and described.

JONATHAN HAN D Y. \VILLIAM D. SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. MAsoN, J. B. SMITH. 

